i went off to have a play with a good pal of mine.. Ben runs an excellent school farm as well as teaching the students about looking after wonderful animals.. All good for eating.. He has lovely pigs. As… Read More ›
Month: September 2015
#theporkiestsausagerollseverintheworld for macintyre day
just fancied writing the title that way.. Suppose now if anyone ever does a search for the #porkiestsausagerollsintheworld then at least they will see this post too right? It was time to make sausage rolls again for the troops at… Read More ›
BlythburgH belly & prudys sweet potato chips..meat & 1 veg
Managed to score a great piece of blythburgh piggie.. From the fantastic butchers, there was a nice lady in there too getting some. I hope it cooked well for her.. It was her first time cooking belly pork..and she said… Read More ›
Chicken Biryani roti wraps
with the last of the tandoori chicken needing eating.. Shredded and mixed up with a pack of the most excellent veg biryani uncle bens rice.. That stuff really is worth keeping in the store cupboard.. A little butter… Read More ›
Proper Irish lamb stew?
Ok.. So there are a zillion ways that people tell you to make Irish stew… As Mrs Fitz is 100% Irish it makes it even more difficults.. This is my version for this outing.. First there should be far more… Read More ›
Chilli Crab twirly pasta
huh? Crab? for Mr Fitz? Really? Nah it was for Mrs Fitz…she likes it.. And it’s an easy number.. Taking a pot of red ticket crab pate.. Yup crab pate.. A chilli and some garden Greek basil, lemon juice and… Read More ›
spatchcocked Tandoori chicken made easy
tandoori chicken.. Always a winner.. Chicken I see as the other white meat instead of the piggies really .. Even getting the best of them that you can lay your hands on doesn’t really tickle my tastebuds.. Yet for some… Read More ›
Zatar Bread balls and samosa chaat-ish
with my body still getting over @meatopiauk simple eating was required.. Simple writing is also required .. Ahem .. 👼 First the doughballs.. So easy.. This was half a pack of good ciabatta bread mix (there really are very good… Read More ›
@meatopiauk
firstly let me tell you I have been waiting to attend this event for ages.. I missed it two years in a row.. Yet for my birthday back in March Mrs Fitz bought me an excellent gift of not only… Read More ›
Friday night Chinese fakeaway
now Mrs Fitz is not the biggest fan of Chinese food and we don’t really eat it that often.. Yet sometimes when you get a hankering for summat.. And this was one of those hankerings.. And what better to make… Read More ›
Buttermilk scones Based on Delias of course!
With buttermilk still left looking forlon at me in the fridge knowing that at any point it’s gonna get discarded. I decided to make a rescue plan.. Scones.. Who doesn’t dig scones? Of course many a recipe and many a… Read More ›
Irish soda bread easy as the one times table
its is ridiculously simple .. And Mrs Fitz loves it.. And simple is where I am at right now.. It also doesn’t require exact measurements like a scientist .. A mix of strong wholemeal flour and some plain white flour….. Read More ›
Top rump Irish stew
sometimes all you want is something so simple yet so tasty .. That’s where things like stew step in.. I have learnt over many years that the key really is good ingredients and keeping it simple .. Simple as you… Read More ›
More things to do with brisket.. TACOS!
Continuing the brisket theme… That the wonderful thing about having leftovers of quality.. Then fry it up.. With a drop of smuggled liquid mesquite smoke courtesy of the master butcher .. And adding a packet of whole grain and… Read More ›
Macintyre charity sausage roll wheels, with apple sauce from scratch & stuffing
Mrs Fitz has asked if we can make up an offering for the Macintyre charity day thingy-mee-bobby that she has in the office tomorrow.. So what better than a kinda sausage roll .. Have made them before for her to… Read More ›
Things to do with brisket.. Lunch and pasties..
Ok.. Sure there are lots of cool things to do with a piece of brisket.. Salt beef probably being the best thing ever for brisket.. Yet it does also make a great addition to a Sunday lunch.. And provides with… Read More ›
Mustard oil and Maldon salt Sirloin steak,buttered peas, and Piri Piri fries
it is indeed as the title reads.. 👍 Red ticket Sirloin steaks .. Very nice indeed.. And we haven’t had steak for a while.. Trimmed a little of the fat.. OK OK stop shouting! Yup we all know that fat… Read More ›
Pibil chicken hard tacos
With one more rotisserie free range chicken left.. It just cried out tacos! I swear I heard it.. And I wasn’t even home at the time! 🍻 So shredding the chicken.. And adding the jar of pibil paste and a… Read More ›
Rotisserie chicken and chips please..
I picked up a couple of red ticket free range rotisserie chickens.. Normally straight to the hounds.. However they currently have a glut of roast hog post hog roast to get through.. I made a great sculpture huh? 😉… Read More ›
Welsh lamb chops two ways .. And the BEST chips ever!
Having managed to score a red ticket number on some wonderful Welsh lamb chops.. It’s was what to do with them? Hmm hmmmm hmmmm.. Ok.. Start by using up some glaze that I had that needed using.. Pimping it with… Read More ›
Porchetta – meat an’ spuds
father Fitz sent me a link to an article about porchetta recently.. Not the greatest article .. Yet kinda inspiring.. Enough to keep it firmly in my mind anyways.. So chatting with one of my master butchers protégés enabled us… Read More ›
Vegan ‘burgers!’
yeah you read that right .. Vegan burgers.. Can you actually call burgers vegan? Dunno,, What you can say is they I am not a fan of any of those processed mad full of strange ingredients that then become a… Read More ›
Roast top rump of beef and the trimmings
a bit late in posting this.. I prepared it.. Mrs Fitz cooked it.. The new season king Edward potatoes boiled to help the process.. Then cooled on a rack and dusted in fine semolina to ensure crispness.. The yorkshires made… Read More ›
Cooking with Mr Fitz 